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2009-07-13

Poll: Your Favorite Hayao Miyazaki Directoral Feature Film

Yeah, it's about time we got to these kind of polls. Ponyo is only four weeks away from its US release, so that means it's time for everybody to take stock of Hayao Miyazaki's long career. For this poll, we'll focus on his 10 directoral films, from Castle of Cagliostro in 1979, to Ponyo in 2008.

As always, vote on the poll at the right column. Have fun, and let's see who comes out on top this time. Oh, and I completely forgot about the pie! Ack! No pie this week, sorry.

14 comments:

Spirited Away for me was well. This film is dear to me as it was the first Ghibli film that my wife and I saw together and we both had this crazy joy of discovery! Its like an oasis and a mirage all mixed up in one for me.

Well, my vote would go to Spirited Away, no wait, Nausicaa... no, it must be Kiki or Totoro or Ponyo... Not to say that I don't like Laputa and Cagliostro, because I love these too! Help!!! I can't decide!

I'm seeing Totoro neck and neck for the lead with Spirited Away. I think both movies are doing very well.

But where is the love for Castle of Cagliostro and Howl's Moving Castle, I wonder? I could make the case for either of those being Miyazaki's best directoral film. And they both fit at such opposite ends, in terms of style and content. But both movies are less accessible to the casual fan; both require some background knowledge of Miyazaki's career to grok.

Great insights so far. This is already the most popular poll on the site, so let's keep it up. We may have to do this once every month or two.

wps, i think my browser isn't displaying the numbers of votes correctly - hence my impression that totoro was doing poorly.is there a way of polling people's opinions of rankings and relative merits beyond the single "best" film?i'm sure others like me find it painful to single out just one film, and want to follow up with their second film that almost tied for first place (- and their third choice, etc!)

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